Fire nearby T1

Sometimes, during a field campaign, things happen that could alter the field gas and particles measurings. For instance, this image belongs to fire started by people who lived nearby. The fire produces particles and gases that can be measured by our equipments. So, researchers have to record this things to set up a background noise from the environment emissions, and to evaluate better their collection of data.

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